Alabama’s Africatown is the only surviving community in the U.S. founded by Africans. Once home to prospering Black-owned businesses, the community now has a highway running through it and factories and chemical plants surround the remaining homes. https://cbsn.ws/39rYcLK | 60 Minutes

Faunsdale, Alabama — A Small Town with a Deep History Tucked away in Marengo County, Faunsdale is a quiet Alabama town with roots stretching back to the early 1800s. Founded as an agricultural community, it later became home to Faunsdale College, one of the earliest educational institutions for African Americans in the region. Today, Faunsdale stands as a reminder of Alabama’s rural past — small in size, rich in history, and still holding on to the stories written into its land and buildings. Ju

Newbern, Alabama — A Small Black Belt Town with a Deep Story Founded in the early 1800s, it once served as a local hub for farming, education, and community life. Today, Newbern is best known as the home of the historic Newbern School, one of the longest-operating African American boarding schools in the nation. Quiet streets, historic buildings, and generations of stories make Newbern a place where Alabama’s past is still plain as day. #NewbernAL #HaleCounty #AlabamaBlackBelt #BlackBeltAlabama